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The Little Girl 

and the 

Gobolin 


The Birds 

and Other Poems 


By 

Myra Boyd ^organ 


Illustrations by 

Clifford Berryman 


Washington, D. C. 
Byron S. Adams, Publisher 
T913 


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6-ho.i- 


HAY 31 1911 



This little story was written 
by Myra Morgan, at the age of 
eight years. It was written un- 
aided and in secret, and is herein 
printed from her original manu- 
script, uncorrected, as she wrote 
it. 

July, 1908 


As the story was written, so 
also the verses: always unaided. 

April, 1912. 



I wrote this story for a 
suprise for my 
dear Taver and my dear 
Mother because they 
are so sweet. 


Myra Morgan, 


THE LITTLE GIRL 
AND THE GOBOLIN 


One day there was a lit- 
tle girl and her name was 
Pandora and she was called 
Pandora Oh for long. One 
day in June Pandora said to 
Mamma May I go in the 
woods. It was all dark 
there a robin twittered and 
then there was a great big 
noise and a gobolin came 
and took her to his den. 


At home Pandoras Mam- 
ma was looking for her lit- 
tle girl and her Papa was 
returning home he feared 
something had happened. 
And when he heard what 
had happened he ran to a 
mans house and got a gun. 
He kissed the Mamma and 
said goodbye. 

The Gobolin said Come 
to me little Miss I have 
a little game I can teach 
you said the Gobolin but 
while the Gobolin was talk- 


ing a fairy came and said 
Little girl I will set you 
free and the little girl said 
All right. 

Well one night when the 
Gobolin was sleeping in 
came the fairy and said 

Come with me. So Pan- 
dora said I will come with 

you. So the fairy and 

Pandora went to little Pan- 
doras home and kissed the 
Mamma and Papa. But 
the Gobolin when he awoke 
he was mad and went to look 


for her. But the Papa had 
been out looking for Pan- 
dora and he not knowingly 
got the Gobolin in a bad fix 
so he could do nothing. 
Then the Gobolin said Let 
me go and I will never steal 
your little girl. But the 
man said No you are going 
to come to my house and 
live with us. But the Gob- 
olin was nowhere to be seen 
and the man walked on he 
saw his house and his little 
Pandora standing at thedoor. 


But all of a sudden there was 
a gobble and there was the 
Gobolin saying Thank you 
man and the man was a 
kissing his little Pandora. 

One day when the man 
and Pandora and the Gobo- 
lin were talking the Gobo- 
lin said I. have a palace if 
you want to see it you must 
come with me. And Pan- 
dora and the Gobolin and 
, Mr. and Mrs. Brown and 
the fairy went to the house. 
When the man and the lady 


and Pandora saw the palace 
they liked it and they lived 
there a long time. 

When the kings son came 
through the woods and at 
once fell in love with Pan- 
dora and said May I have 
your daughter. And the 
man said You may have 
my daughter little Prince. 
Then the Prince was happy 
and he sang a song of love 
to her. And Pandora did 
like the little Prince and the 
Prince liked the little Miss. 


So the Prince and Princess 
married and lived happy as 
a king and queen and never 
\vere sad. And their mother 
and father lived as happy as 
a mother and father could. 
Then a Dragon came and 
said I have come to eat 
you up and he rushed upon 
them and ate up the fairy. 
But the fairy took a tiny 
wand and pounded on the 
dragons teeth and it pained 
him so he spate the fairy up. 
But just then the Prince and 


Princess appeared and scared 
the Dragon. And the King 
and Queen took the mother 
and father to the palace and 
they lived there happy ever 
after. 

The End. 

By Myra Boyd Morgan 

July, 1908 


WHY THE SKY 
IS BLUE. 


Once the sky was painted 
white all the time and there 
was no sun and the earth was 
cold and barren. 

Now it happened that in 
the north of the sky there was 
born a beautiful baby boy and 
he was named sun. He grew 
and grew until he was a young 
man. Everywhere he went 


he shed a great light and all 
who knew him loved him. 

One day he got a message 
from a dear friend saying that 
his sister was very sick and 
wanted him. So he started. 
It was painting day in the sky 
and one of the fairies had left 
a bucket of blue paint in the 
road. Sun was hurrying 
along and was not looking 
where he was going when, — 
splash! splash I over went 
the bucket and out rolled the 
blue paint all over the sky. 


He was so frightened that he 
did not know what to do, so 
he took out his pocket hand- 
kerchief and tried to wipe it 
off, but it was dry and he 
could not get it off. 

Just then one of the Gods 
came out and saw what had 
happened. He was terribly 
angry and called out: ‘‘Who 
has done this ? ’* Then he 
spied the young man. “Did 
you do that? ” then he said 
“I know you did, for there is 
some paint on your shoes. 


your punishment will be that 
you must stay in this part of 
the sky for days, but some- 
times a person called Rain 
will take your place and then 
you may go anywhere you 
like while you are resting.’^ 

All the gods hated blue, 
for it hurt their eyes, so they 
went away and were never 
heard of again. 

And when it rains you will 
know that Sun is having a 
rest. That is why the sky is 
blue. 


April 9, 1912 


Poems 


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The Birds 


The beautiful birds they sing ^ 
to me f /h 

’ ” r \ fu/. 

They fly far over the wide ^ 


open sea 


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They sing their pretty songs ^ 






tq^ me 

In my old — old apple tree. 

- June, 1905. 


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^ The Fairy 



Out in the woods so dark and 
drear 

In this wood lived a fairy 
dear 

The wood was dark the fairy 
was cold 

Dear little fairy of you we are ^ 

told . ^ \ 

f June,;i908. 



I can make people happy 
By my cheerful coo-coo. 



The Happiest Day 
The happiest day for me will 

be 

When *Tivvy comes home ^ 
from over the sea. 

19 , 1909 <‘ 


*TivvT a nick-name for father. 



the old, old apple trees 
dance and whisper in 
breeze 

to watch their branches 

y 

makes for me a happy 

June 17, 1909. 

'A ^ 

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If 







/ / Thi/ Rain 
Sweet and gentle little rain 
; Pattering oiy the window 
.pane / / / 

^-Through ^ne happy long 
' night ho^rs 
You are watering the flow- 

. /■ V July 3, 1909. 

// 


VIII. 


My Mother 

My mother is so sweet and 
fair 

She has such pretty golden 
hair 

It almost takes my breath 




The Steed 
Faster, faster, faster 
Runs this noble steed 
Taking his dear master 
Where the war paths lead. 

Faster faster faster 
Right into the fray 
Helping his dear master 
To win the glorious day.c-^'^> 

May, 1911. 



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When the birds begin to sing 
Then we know that it is 
spring 

Everybody’s happy then 
Specially me and ‘‘Jenny 
Wren” 


Out in the orchard under the 
trees 


In the spring there is always 
a breeze 



March 1, 1912. 



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The Hunting Horn 
Hear the hunting horn 
Early in the morn 
With hounds after hare, 
On my big black mare, 
We go dashing away 
Past fields full of hay. 

It makes me feel happy 


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